Her acting career began in early 2008 with some small roles in theatre productions. In 2009, she joined the cast of the
BBC One school-based drama
Waterloo Road as Emily James alongside
Jenna Coleman who played Lindsay James. The show began airing in 2013 and a second series began airing in 2014. The show was renewed for a third series which was filmed in 2014 and began airing on 7 July 2015. In 2012, she made her first appearance on the CBBC children's entertainment show
Friday Download as a guest presenter, and in 2013 she joined the main presenting team. In 2014, she was cast in the
Friday Download movie
Up All Night. Filming began on 6 September 2014.
Up All Night will be released on 22 May 2015. On 4 March 2016, Flynn began playing
Lauren, the bully of
Bethany Platt (
Lucy Fallon) in the long-running
ITV soap opera,
Coronation Street. Her final appearance as Lauren was broadcast on 30 September 2016. ==Filmography==